蝴蝶夢

Chinese

		butterfly; hinge	to dream
trad. (蝴蝶夢)		蝴蝶	夢
simp. (蝴蝶梦)		蝴蝶	梦
alternative forms		胡蝶夢／胡蝶梦 obsolete

Etymology

See 莊周夢蝶／庄周梦蝶 (zhuāngzhōumèngdié, “Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húdiémèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húdiémèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húdiémèng
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-tieh²-mêng⁴
    • Yale: hú-dyé-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwudyemenq
    • Palladius: худемэн (xudemɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/

Noun

蝴蝶夢

1. (literary) indistinct dream; hazy fantasy